2 Samuel 16:23 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²³ But Absalom said: Call Chusai the Arachite, and let us hear what he also saith.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ And the counsel of Ahithophel in those days was as if a man had consulted the word of God; so was all Ahithophel's counsel considered both by David and by Absalom.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

Common English Bible

²³ Now in those days, the advice Ahithophel gave was like asking for a word from God. That’s why Ahithophel’s advice was valued by both David and Absalom.)

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ Now the counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was treated as if one were consulting God. So was every counsel of Ahithophel, both when he was with David, and when he was with Absalom.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ Now the counsel of Achitophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man should consult God. So was all the counsel of Achitophel, both when he was with David, and when he was with Absalom.

2 Samuel 16:23 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:12

7 And the king going forth and all Israel on foot, stood afar off from the house:

2 Samuel 15:31

6 And there are with them their two sons Achimaas the son of Sadoc, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar: and you shall send by them to me every thing that you shall hear.

2 Samuel 17:1

And when Chusai was come to Absalom, Absalom said to him: Achitophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do it or not? what counsel dost thou give?

2 Samuel 17:14

9 And a woman took, and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as it were to dry sodden barley: and so the thing was not known.

2 Samuel 17:23

8 Brought him beds, and tapestry, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and fried pulse,

Job 28:28

When the Almighty was with me: and my servants round about me?

Job 5:12

7 Blessed is the mall whom God correcteth: refuse not therefore the chastising of the lord:

Psalm 19:7

4 And the words of my mouth shall be such as may please: and the meditation of my heart always in thy sight. O Lord, my helper, and my redeemer.

Psalm 28:2

Save, O Lord, thy people, and bless thy inheritance: and rule them and exalt them for ever.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

Jeremiah 4:22

0 But when thou art spoiled what wilt thou do? though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, and paintest thy eyes with stibic stone, thou shalt dress thyself out in vain: thy lovers have despised thee, they will seek thy life.

Jeremiah 8:9

7 For behold I will send among you serpents, basilisks, against which there is no charm: and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.

Numbers 27:21

These are the sacrifices which you shall offer: Two lambs of a year old without blemish every day for the perpetual holocaust:

Matthew 11:25

But he said to them: Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him:

Luke 16:8

6 The law and the prophets were until John; from that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every one useth violence towards it.

Romans 1:22

0 Detractors, hateful to God, contumelious, proud, haughty, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

1 Peter 4:11

The ancients therefore that are among you, I beseech, who am myself also an ancient, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ: as also a partaker of that glory which is to be revealed in time to come:

1 Samuel 30:8

3 And David said to him: To whom dost thou belong? or whence dost thou come? and whither art thou going? He said: I am a young man of Egypt, the servant of an Amalecite, and my master left me, because I began to be sick three days ago.